Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers's Apocalypse

Directed by	Fax Bahr George Hickenlooper
Produced by	Les Mayfield George Zaloom
Written by	Fax Bahr George Hickenlooper
Starring	Francis Ford Coppola Marlon Brando Eleanor Coppola Sofia Coppola Dennis Hopper Robert Duvall Harvey Keitel Martin Sheen Laurence Fishburne Harrison Ford George Lucas Sam Bottoms
Release date(s)	November 27, 1991
Running time	96 min
Language	English
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) is a documentary about the making of the film Apocalypse Now.

The title is derived from the source material for Apocalypse Now, the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness. Using behind the scenes footage, and narrated by Eleanor Coppola, it chronicles how production problems including bad weather, actors' health and other issues delayed the film, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola. In 1990, Coppola turned her material over to two young filmmakers George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr who then shot new interviews with the original cast and crew and intercut them with her existing material. After a year of editing, Hickenlooper, Bahr, and Coppola debuted their film at the Cannes International Film Festival to universal critical acclaim.

Originally aired on television in the United States, Hearts of Darkness won several awards: The National Board of Review, USA award for "Best Documentary", 1991, an American Cinema Editors award for "Best Edited Documentary", 1992, two Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards for "Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Directing" and "Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Picture Editing", 1992, and the International Documentary Association award, 1992.

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Sample from Coppola interview shown in the beginning quoting "We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little we went insane." is featured in UNKLE's song "UNKLE (Main Title Theme)".